The name of Guatemala comes from the word Cuauhtemala, which means the “ground of the trees”. Just like the ceiba, the mythical tree of the Mayas, Guatemala has deep human roots going up at the beginning of times, of the millenia before the arrival of the Spaniards. The metaphor of the tree has still more to offer to us to include/understand this country host of the Mayas.
Geographical overflight
Guatemala has the particular characteristic to be exactly in the geographical center of the American continent. The country divides its borders with Mexico in north and the west, with Honduras and El El Salvador in the south, and finally with Belize in the North-East. Of a surface of 108 899 km2, the territory of Guatemala offers a primarily mountainous landscape. The volcanos which are drawn up at the horizon represent derechef the most spectacular elements of the country.

Attractions
With its three million inhabitants, Ciudad of Guatemala, commonly called Guat